Yeah, Dali was integral to this movie, but Bunuel was the one who actually directed it, as Dali had no filmmaking experience. They both collaborated on the screenplay, so it is a result of both artist's visions, but I have a feeling that people are giving more credit to the more popular and well-known artist rather than the man who actually built an entire career on this type of cinema.
shareI think it is far more Bunuel's film than Dali's as he was only present on the last day of production. They also collaborated on L'Age d'Or but then fell out so Dali had very little to do with it in the end but Bunuel still credits him out of respect for their former friendship. I agree that it's unfair if people assume this to be a Dali movie. If you look at any movie he did solely work on such as the dream sequence in Spellbound or the Disney animation that never was completed it is evident how different Chien would have looked if it was a solely a 'Dali film'.
shareSo you think Bunuel was mostly responsible for the look of the film, he made it come to life. Dali co-wrote the script and came up with original ideas.
It is not like Guillermo Arriaga claiming 21, amores perros and Babel were his scripts being filmed by a director Alejandro González Iñárritu competing for claim as having the most input then...
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I've never heard of it as "Dali's film." Perhaps you should correct people when you hear it.
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